Regester v. Dodge

In this case I have listened to a reargument, and have re-examined the question upon which, as I suppose, the case turns, and my opinion remains unchanged that the plaintiff is not entitled to recover. The earnestness of the. contention made in behalf of the plaintiff, has impelled me to state at length the reasons of my conclusion.

The action is a suit in equity, brought by the administrator of David Regester, who disappeared in the year 1870, and is supposed to be dead, against Harry E. Dodge, executor of Edward Dodge, for the purpose of charging the estate of Edward Dodge with the amount of…